Bicycle Thieves (Blu-ray) (Arrow Academy) [UK]

[paulboland]

Release date: August 24, 2020
Purchase links: Arrow Films - Amazon UK - Zavvi
Price: £15.00 (Arrow) - TBA (Amazon) - £16.99 (Zavvi)

 

[paulboland]

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:

• Brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative
• Original uncompressed PCM mono Audio
• Feature length audio commentary by Italian Cinema expert Robert Gordon, author of BFI Modern Classics Bicycle Thieves
• Money Has Been My Ruin – a brand new video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns on Vittorio De Sica’s career and filmmaking
• Indiscretion of an American Film Producer – a brand new video essay by film historian Kat Ellinger on De Sica's relationship with Hollywood producers David O. Selznick and Joseph E. Levine and the version that never was
• Original trailer advertising De Sica’s films, featuring Bicycle Thieves star Lamberto Maggiorani and Francesco Golisano presenting Miracle in Milan
• Optional English subtitles
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Vince McIndoe

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Booklet featuring writing on the film by film historian Michael Brooke, archival writings by Zavattini, De Sica, and contemporary reviews, illustrated with original stills and artwork

 

[VVD]

Amazing movie. Love the artwork - and the fact that the Criterion is a Region A release only makes this another one to add to my wishlist.